Chip-rack.



PATBN-IED ocT, 27,1903. A. BLACK. GHIP' RACK. APPLICATION FILED APR. 14,1903. A

W La INVENTOR' ZuyusZ Blacfi BY %6f ATTORNEY UNITE STATES PatentedOctober 27, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHIP-RACK.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 742,567,

Application filed April 14, 1903.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, AUGUST BLAoH, acitizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Chip-Racks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a holder or rack comprising a series of polesfor holding columns of chips in place. Such pole chipholder allows thechips to be readily taken as required and holds the columns or stacks ofchips separate from one another.

This invention is set forth in the following specification and claimsand illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a planview of the rack. Fig. 2 is a section alongm 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is asection along y 3 Fig. 1.

In the drawings is shown a base a, which can be made solid or hollow,and in the latter case can serve as a receptacle or have a drawer b forreceiving dice, game-counters, and similar articles. To the uppersurface of the said base is shown fastened a box 0 and a series of side,end, and corner posts (1, said corner-posts being square, and the saidside, end, and corner posts serve to hold the chips e in separatecolumns in the space between the said box and the posts, as shown. Thebox 0, as shown, has an open top and is divided into a number ofcompartments, each compartment being ofsuflicient compass to hold a deckof playing-cards. A handle f can be used to carry the tray withoutdisarranging the cards in the box or the columns of chips. The posts orpoles 11, forming chipcompartments in connection with a back or box wall0, retain the chips in columns separate from one another, while leavingthe chips singly or in numbers readily accessible to be withdrawn asrequired.

dated October 27, 1903.

Serial No. 152,591. (No model.) 1

The bottom or base a can. have an offset or step shape, as indicated ata. The chips or counters projecting somewhat beyond this offset theprojecting circumference part of the lowermost chip is held somewhatclear of the main base a. The finger or finger-tip can thus be pushed orstarted in under the pile of chips to raise or slide the same up or outof its retaining-poles or allowing such pile to be readily grasped.

The back 0 is not necessarily in the form of a box, as shown; but thecompactness and practicability of the structure, as shown, are manifest.

What I claim'as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A rack comprising a fixed base, a box fixed upon the upper facethereof, and a series of poles surrounding the said box, fixed to thebase at a suitable distance therefrom, and. adapted to coact with thesides of the box to form compartments.

2. A chip-rack comprising a base having a ridge on its upper face, areceptacle carried by the base and provided with partitions formingcompartments, a plurality ofvside posts arranged a suitable distancefrom the sides of the receptacle and coacting therewith to formcompartments, a plurality of end posts arranged a suitable distance fromthe receptacle and coacting therewith to form compartments, and a squarepost arranged at each corner of the base and coacting with the saidreceptacle to form compartments.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHAS. E. POENSGEN, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

